Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	church_n	ecclesiastical_a	law_n	2,993	5	4.9339	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78968	By the King. a Proclamation against the opression of the clergy by the intrusion of factious and schismaticall persons into their cures and inverting and detaining their tithes, and possessions by orders of one or both Houses of Parliament, contrary to all law and justice.	England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I); Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.	1643 (1643)	Wing C2543; Thomason 669.f.7[17]; ESTC R211702	2,055	1

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